Conventional Bronchoscopy Plus Rose Versus Electromagnetic Navigation (EMN) Plus Rose in Small Peripheral Lesions

University Hospital Maggiore della Carità of Novara

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Lung Cancer; Benign Lung Lesions; Secondary Lung Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00880945

2010-no-emn

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate if Electromagnetic navigation (ENB) in combination with rapid on site evaluation (ROSE) can improve diagnostic accuracy in those patients who fail to be diagnosed with conventional fluoroscopic assisted bronchoscopy (FBS) in combination with ROSE.

Enrollment: 40 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• presence of small peripheral lung lesions (< 3 cm) in patient suitable for surgical procedure

Exclusion criteria

• patient with metastatic disease
• patients unfit for surgical procedure

Trial design

40 participants in 1 patient group

36-40 patients

Description:

patients with small peripheral lesions who need bronchoscopy for diagnostic purposes